The Purchasing Division provides a centralized system for the management of public funds expended for procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, professional, consulting, and other services, and construction via competitive pricing of the appropriate product quality for timely delivery. Purchasing also provides for transfer or disposal of surplus property.

Purpose

The stated purpose of the division is to encourage competition among vendors and contractors, to provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all persons involved in public purchasing by this City, to maximize the purchasing value of public funds in procurement so that high quality goods and services may be obtained at the lowest possible price and to increase public confidence in procurement practices by providing safeguards for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity.